It has been brought to my attention that it is important to buy untreated potatoes. Many organic potatoes are not treated to inhibit or suppress eye growth, those are ideal to plant. Also, as I mention in the video, don't eat sprouting potatoes due to solanine toxicity.
suburban homestead Just keep doing your thing and ignore the haters out there. That recipe was awesome and impressed my girlfriend beyond words.... Thanks again for your information! 👍
Siloe i made your potato and leek soup but i used garam masala instead of thyme and i forgot to add tahini sauce but it turned out so good. Thanks for the recipe do share more recipes please :)
I've JUST stumbled upon your channel and LOVE it. Since I've been volunteering with an organic farmer who is also a master gardener (and cultivates and donates all his produce to local soup kitchens), he's taught me a few things that may be helpful to you. I'll also confess that I haven't seen all the videos in your potato journey, so if I'm sharing what others have shared or what you've already discovered, please forgive me! ^_^ First, after cutting the potatoes, we placed them in open-sided crates, placed the crates inside a cool barn/shed and let them air dry for about 3-5 days. He explained this protects the 'seeds' from molding/rotting in the ground. Second, he recommended interplanting with onions and/or horseradish as roots that may help deter damage to your potatoes from moles/voles. Third, he gave me a small selection of his organic, untreated potatoes from the fall harvest of 2016. The suggestion was for me to save them for a spring planting: place them in a dry container, cover them lightly and set them in a cool, dark place with decent air circulation. I put them in an old planter, covered them with a piece of plastic and put them in the corner of my garage! I let them stay there all winter. I checked on them ever so often to make sure I didn't have a rotten potato spoiling the rest. This worked well for me - my planted potatoes are setting leaves now. The last thing he taught me (which I didn't learn until AFTER I'd planted my own), was that planting them any closer than 12"-18" proves wasteful. The potatoes need space. If you were unaware of any of this info, I sure hope it helps! I found your video on carrots SOOOO helpful (as I've tried growing carrots for 4 years in a row with zero success). I can't wait to try your recommendations! Thanks for sharing your know-how/journey.
Ive grown potatoes many times, but this video has inspired me to grow leeks. Your description of the soup made me salivate. I can almost taste it. Now if only my leeks would grow faster!
I was first captivated by your videos because of their high quality, your style of cinematography, and your obvious love of gardening--but the addition of your personalized soundtracks leave me totally enchanted by them. I really appreciate the hard work you've put into this channel. Love it!
@@suburbanhomestead thanks for being a friend to gardeners. I super small scale farm and everything I grow tastes better than store bought but since I don't come from a family of farmers I learn everything on youtube. I also find your soundtracks groovy
+ladyhawthorne1 Thanks! Considering how expensive leeks are in the grocery store and how easy they grow, and how much more tender homegrown is, there is no reason not to plant them. Thanks for the box tip. I'll try it in the future.
I growth them for the fun of picking them; I have my grandchildren help me, and for them is like digging for gold. I personally have a lot of excitement discovering quantity and sizes of the potatoes as well as watching the grandchildren enjoy the day.
you have the best sound tracks! I love how you bring gardening and cooking together. if your ever looking for a wife let me know lmfao. jk. but seriously awesome video quality too. absolutely wonderful
As an artist and avid gardener, your videos are always such a pleasure to watch. I even watch some of them multiple times! Thanks and keep them coming. :)
Really nice video and the soundtrack was a joy to listen to. "Mistakes" aside this was therapeutic to watch (for the intimate bond with Nature that can still be cultivated even in modern times) and gives me encouragement to continue to try to grow potatoes. My efforts to date have not been that productive. Best of harvest yields to you and thanks!
so i plant the potato next to a tree because the sun is not good, but i should not plant the potato next to a tree because there isnt alot of sun... so i go to the moon and plant them? -_-
Enjoyed your video. After many years of planting potatoes, I have stopped. I am now relying on the volunteers that come up every year. I love harvesting those little treasures from the ground.
Grow your spuds in a 5 gallon bucket lined with a shopping bag. You can remove the bag, take out a potato and then return it to the bucket so they can grow on .. p.s. love the background music. Did you happen to catch the winner of this year's Eurosong festival Brilliant!
Hello Suburban Homestead. This is my first visit to your channel and I have to say what a well presented video. Your pinned comment caught my eye. Surely growth inhibitor is a myth. If store bought potatoes had a growth inhibitor sprayed on them, surely the stores would have to tell us that and who would buy them who would eat them? I have chitted and grown lots of different varieties of store bought potato here in the UK and I have never had any that would not chit and grow on. Perhaps this is an American thing?
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR RECIPES FROM? MY MOUTH WAS WATERING WATCHING YOU COOK AND EAT THIS STEWUP. MY GOODNESS. MY WAY OF COOKIN. AND YOUR GARDEN... WOW! BEAUTIFUL! EVEN THE INSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE IS DECORATED SO BEAUTIFULLY. AND IT'S SO CLEAN. ESPECIALLY THE KITCHEN. I 😍 LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND RECIPES. THANKS!
Thanks! I appreciate the positive words. I love that you enjoy the videos. As for the recipes, most of them I invent on the spot either just from an idea or as a modification of a recipe I've seen or tried before. It's usually based on whatever I have at hand at the time.
What does that stew have to do with the title of the video? It's a wasting of time. If one would like to know something about making any stew, he or she can get it through TH-cam search with the right keyword. Better to talk about every single mistake to avoid as you said and 'go deep down into it'. Go for the very much detail of it. Then, if you think it's not satisfying enough, but you're running out of idea for other detail to explain, add some other mistakes no matter how much it is as a trivial one, then, as well, go to the detail. But don't go out of it. That's how knowledge is developed.. then later becomes science of any particular thing. By doing so, you're helping people to dig information about things they're interested in.
I love growing potatoes. In our year round growing climate I tend to plant them from March to August. Harvest from September to December. Harvesting them is like finding Easter eggs: purple, red, white, gold, russet...They are all there. I only plant potatoes from the market that I couldn't eat, when they sprout. My favorite dish lately is garden grown crispy purple potatoes tossed with green onions and asparagus. So pretty with the various purples from the potatoes and the bright green from the onion and asparagus. Just salt and olive oil. Delish.
I love your channel. I'm in NZ. My father used the old fashioned but tried and true method, whole potatoes, chitted, a specific hole for each potato a foot apart and then mounded up all in rows. Blood and bone maybe? Planted in clay soil, well hoed, and the most amazing crop every time. New delicious potatoes for Xmas day (Southern Hemisphere). I tried a new method of no dig, organic, cut them into pieces, layered with compost and straw, and the result...hopeless! Will try my dads way next year as an experiment. He so loved his garden, a daughters regret, I didn't ask more:).
hopefully you realized that you "DO" need to let the potato "scab over". I learned that the hard way! lol..they need full sun.. But I also learned in my experience with gardening, that you can also grow more plants by "propagating"! it WORKS!!!
I enjoy ur videos because u suggest a way to use the products u've just grown. I'm a 2nd season Gardner and I want to try new kinds of veggies to create different kinds of cuisines. I have a question... where can I find some of the ingredients ur using (the paste used at the end)?? I'm in Philadelphia and there r a lot of Indian, Chinese and African stores, but not many Spanish stores near me. Can the items b ordered online???
I would like to know what part of the world you live in. If you said, I missed that. It helps to know when gardening for me as I am in a subtropical area of the USA. Growing here is a little different than other states/countries. I REALLY like your video and look forward to more! Thank you.
What a lovely song in the background. I live in Florida and just planted my summer crop of potatoes. I have a raised bed because of all the trees that surround my home. I plant mine shallow and as the stalk grows I mound dirt them. I used old planter with bottoms cut out. I just put them over each growing plant and fill as the plant grows. It works really well, and harvesting is very easy. Anyways, very enriching video and the song was beautiful. What language or ethnic background it is from?
Hi Siloe. Thank you for sharing yet another top notch video with us! A couple years ago I planted some potatoes that had sprouted in my larder. They did very well. They were not organic but they did well anyway. However, I have eaten potatoes that have sprouted all of my life. I have always heard that sprouted potatoes or potatoes that have started to turn green are poisonous but I'm still above ground and perpendicular ! Your potato / leek stew looks delicious. I am embarrassed to say that I have never thought of actually eating the dark green leaves because ( I suppose ) I have always been told that the dark green leaves are not edible. You are the first person I have ever known of who cooks and eats them. It certainly makes sense to eat them because , after all, why waste them? But I suppose composting them is not really wasting them. And lastly, I have noticed in your videos that you are vegan. So am I....except for when I am eating a steak, fowl, fish, or seafood...Your stew does look tasty and I ill be trying it soon.
This is my first attempt at growing potatoes. I thought it would be best to put them in a dark cool location in a brown paper bag. That didn't work. 1st failure. Putting them in seed starter worked well and they looked like a spider with many legs after about 2 weeks. I was able to pick up some starter at a store and I planted 4 different 5 gallon buckets with 4 in each. I am finally seeing some green growth. The Seed potatoes are doing better but I think the organic will be fine. I'm starting to see growth on them as well. I guess I'll know around the middle of August.
Your leek turned out beautifully. Potatoes are my favorite thing to grow. Don't give up try planting them again. Nothing better than digging your own. Best wishes. E :)
I am a recent subscriber and lover of your videos ... kudos! re: potatoes (it is not a good idea to plant potatoes next to your tomatoes (homeguides.sfgate.com/can-tomatoes-potatoes-planted-together-63751.html) I have a small garden, tho, so far away is only about 10-20 feet ... I love fresh potatoes! It's like eating tomatoes fresh from the garden ... its hard to not want to eat only potatoes fresh (well maybe after cooking, altho I loved raw potatoes as a child)! Would love to see a video on how you build your plant cages.
My bigger problem is how to get potatoes i bought localy to germinate/make shoots. The potatoes is shipped from main Island of philippines were they are grown apparantly in cooler areas. Im from south africa and dont buy the too hot climate theory. Acid soil can be altered. I do agree with too high rainfall. We have basicly 6mnths wet and dry season.
you should plant potatoes in june anyway. that will help avoid tater bugs. Also the seed taters supply a lot of the energy to the plant. so dont cut them up before planting.
I lay the potatoes on the ground, surround with shredded comfrey and cover with loose hay. As they grown I build up the hay so just the top of the plants show. To harvest. Push the hay away and pick out the biggest potatoes and leave the rest to grow on. I grow in the shade of giant chestnut trees. No problem.
"Vai plantar batata!" Is said when someone is anoyng you and you want then to go away. You can say that or say "Vai ver se está a chover!" Go see if it is raining! Sorry for my bad english, Im portuguese.
Maybe able to get better yields if You use tree leaves or slop bucket like coffee grounds and tea bags to Amend the soil plus stop weeds from growing next planting season ! Not weeding your garden will choke out your crop ! Look real sloppy Garden !
I'm brazilian the phrase "vai plantar batata" you usually say to someone annoying that is bothering you, like if you're trying to tell them to do something useful haha.
I don't have leeks in my garden but I do have some large spring onions I just harvested and a dozen potatoes that will become tonights super thanks to this fabulose receipe.
Chiffonading those leeks is a chef-y move , Siloe! Caught you! lol I love leeks soup-recipe I got for weight loss from the book "French Women Don't Get Fat". I never thought about growing my own, but now I intend to at your recommendation, so thank you! Also when I clean leaks I soak them in a sink about 1/2 full of water, less H2O wasted washing singly for me, and I can do another chore while they soak. I'll be using this recipe for sure. I'm always looking for ways to utilize my overabundance of Thyme every summer. Thank you for what looks like another fantastic recipe!
+hope crews Yes you caught me! :-) Soaking them would save water. Thanks for the tip. Try growing the leeks, all you need is sun and paintience. Its worth it.
if you try them again, i got some experience i want to share. No need to cut em' up, in fact, by keeping the tubers whole you add more energy to the developing vines and dont risk exposing the insides to disease or rot. I grow in buckets because my soil is not near as nice as yours. Thanks as always, Failure is just another opportunity to learn. FAIL = First Attempt In Learning. Love the suspenders btw, im gonna have to wear some in my next vid just for you !
+Permaculture Homestead Thanks for the good tips. I'll try them again in the future. Suspenders are super comfortable man, especially when working outside.
Hello from England. Got my first 6 potato breeds planted in 30L tubs a few weeks ago, defying the frosts, and their green leaves are now poking through the compost:) Very exciting. I have an allotment. A piece of land the Parish Council set aside to rent to members of the local community to use to grow vegetables and flowers, keep chickens and bees and generally enjoy the health of nature and the outdoors. It is nice to be part of an historic community asset. Just bought heritage seeds and those will go in next weekend. Thank you for your videos. I live in a great ground floor appartment but unfortunately with not much light, so youtube videos of homes and land etc are my substitute:) So much contradictory advice everywhere, I have got to the stage of sowing seeds ANYWAY on instinct, and seeing if they respond to nature and grow to crop. I enjoy experiments :) I am going to decorate the tubs artistically to create and interesting (!) space. Leeks (next video) gently fried in butter......yum. I shall try your recipes, thank you, you have a lovely enviroment there.....
+Darling Stuff Thanks! I glad the videos can be of inspiration. The concept of allotment is awesome. Everyone should have access to one if they so desired. I have seen a lot of people growing potatoes in containers and getting great harvest. I might have to try it in the future. Thanks for watching and writing!
Hey, Siloé, great video. I've been wondering in which region you are located... Just for geographic reference. The first video I watched I wondered if you were Brazilian, but now I'm quite sure >°< As a young Brazilian just stating to choose where I want my garden to be (can't even choose a continent) when I move out from my parents apartment, I am trying to reach out to everyone I can for information on climates around the world and growing seasons length and all that... If you can, please share some positive and negative points of your location, that would be an interesting video for me shauahauah. Thanks for the great content you make, so much better than watching tv round here...
I love the vibe in this video - very cozy! What's the music that starts around 6:30? Edit: I just watched closer and saw that it's you! Absolutely incredible. For anyone else interested, the title is "Olha o Alho," and you can find it on Siloé's bandcamp page.
Update, great healthy leaves in all potato tubs......so far 6 tiny potatoes from one tub....hardly one portion cooked.....and nothing at all on emptying 6 x 30L tubs........no idea why. Just a wasted season...6 tubs to go, almost not worth expending the calories in tipping them up for nothing
Nothing like watching one of your videos at the end of the day to relax, and feel refreshed and inspired! Your productions are something totally apart of the rest of the youtubers! Those purple potatoes look really weird, I wish I could have some in my country, were we only have 3 types :( Potatoes have always been an elusive crop for me to harvest! I love leeks! That stew not only looks delicious, but also light, refreshing and super healthy! (I want some) Thank you so much for your videos!
I'm happy to bring solace into your day. Potatoes have a harder time growing in warm climates. At least in brazil they tended to be more expensive than other tubers.
Very interesting and a healthy stew. I would love to try this at home. You use a lot of Indian ingredients like turmeric, cumin and moong dhal (pulse you used). We use it a lot. Also moong dhal and spinach of any kind tastes marvellous topped with a small quantity of ghee. My kids love it :)
I don't have much room in my garden for potatoes either - so I've been growing them in ''towers' that I make with fencing, straw, and soil. Works really well. Last year I planted 4 lbs of potatoes and harvested 20 lbs. Towers do need more in the way of watering than in ground.
I started all my (shop bought) leeks by cooking and eating everything other than the last 2/3inches of the white part with the roots and putting them in a bit of water. They showed new growth from the center within a day or so and, being biennial, I not only have have full grown leeks to harvest but by letting the scapes develop I also have new leek "babies" to plant instead of having to start them from seed! Anybody else tried this?
In my country, the green part of leek leaf is thinly chopped and then sprinkled on a bread with butter. Well, I apply an inch thick layer of chopped leek on my bread.. Yum! (just don't do it before going on a date)
These videos are soooooo much better than most BBC programmes. Muted colours so relaxing, watching you gardening and cooking is inspirational and reading the subtitles is engaging due to the lovely words you use to describe things. I love your co co nut measuring utensil.
The reason for letting the cut sides dry is to prevent disease. You may get away with planting them right after cutting but that is luck rather than fact. They also don't need to be in sun but in a breezy shade unless that is all you have.
I was skeptical about purple potatoes but you make them look delicious..I will be buying some purple seed potatoes and growing them this year as well..great job!
Thanks. Leek is delicious! I have thought about putting the recipes written in a blog for those interested. Although most of the time it is less about the exact proportion of ingredients and more the process.
Check out my purple majesty potatoes. I cut them and let them callus overnight. I also have some potatoes that I planted whole. Check out my video for more!
Thanks so much for this video. I planted potatoes for the first time this year. I chitted them on the windowsill also. I put them in the ground a week ago. They seem to be taking off! I'm going to go watch your no-thin carrot and garlic videos now :). You're a "go-to" of mine!
+Noble Homestead I'm glad your finding the videos helpful. I hope your potatoes fair better than mine :-) Try the carrot method and see if it works for you. As for the garlic, if you want higher production make sure to plant them in the fall in a sunny well fertilized spot that is mulched.
My potatoes are taking off :) My carrot seeds have been soaking for two days. As soon as I see the tiny sprout, I will be bresking out the cornstarch. I'll keep you posted :)
+dpower02 I'm glad you like the videos. I'm striving to grow more of my food, and while at this point it is only a small portion, my goal is to increase it in the future. Tahini sauce is ground up sesame seed. I bought mine from an international grocer but it's possible to make it at home, (maybe not as finely ground)
It has been brought to my attention that it is important to buy untreated potatoes. Many organic potatoes are not treated to inhibit or suppress eye growth, those are ideal to plant. Also, as I mention in the video, don't eat sprouting potatoes due to solanine toxicity.
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Jag skulle så gärna vilja ha denna sort potatis du visat i videon.Är det möjligt att skicka till Brasilien? Tack.
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Just keep doing your thing and ignore the haters out there. That recipe was awesome and impressed my girlfriend beyond words.... Thanks again for your information! 👍
"has it been brought to your attention that you eat leeks and dont know how to grow potatoes"...this is so ignorant...
In Canada I've never seen a potatoe that will not sprout
I plant the ones we don't eat
you have the heart of a poet and the soul of a farmer!!
he's very talented, yet?
Siloe i made your potato and leek soup but i used garam masala instead of thyme and i forgot to add tahini sauce but it turned out so good. Thanks for the recipe do share more recipes please :)
+KurdishGirl4500 I'm super happy you are enjoying the recipes. Altering recipes is what makes them alive.
While I grow my potatoes differently, you have certainly elevated the youtube garden video. Really beautifully done. Keep them coming.
Thanks Kay. When it comes to potatoes I don't have too much experience but I still want to share my failures as well
"Go plant potatoes" - I love it! My Dad used to say " Go peddle your papers" to us when we were kids.
That's a cool idiom. I had not hear it in english.
I've JUST stumbled upon your channel and LOVE it. Since I've been volunteering with an organic farmer who is also a master gardener (and cultivates and donates all his produce to local soup kitchens), he's taught me a few things that may be helpful to you. I'll also confess that I haven't seen all the videos in your potato journey, so if I'm sharing what others have shared or what you've already discovered, please forgive me! ^_^
First, after cutting the potatoes, we placed them in open-sided crates, placed the crates inside a cool barn/shed and let them air dry for about 3-5 days. He explained this protects the 'seeds' from molding/rotting in the ground.
Second, he recommended interplanting with onions and/or horseradish as roots that may help deter damage to your potatoes from moles/voles.
Third, he gave me a small selection of his organic, untreated potatoes from the fall harvest of 2016. The suggestion was for me to save them for a spring planting: place them in a dry container, cover them lightly and set them in a cool, dark place with decent air circulation. I put them in an old planter, covered them with a piece of plastic and put them in the corner of my garage! I let them stay there all winter. I checked on them ever so often to make sure I didn't have a rotten potato spoiling the rest. This worked well for me - my planted potatoes are setting leaves now.
The last thing he taught me (which I didn't learn until AFTER I'd planted my own), was that planting them any closer than 12"-18" proves wasteful. The potatoes need space.
If you were unaware of any of this info, I sure hope it helps! I found your video on carrots SOOOO helpful (as I've tried growing carrots for 4 years in a row with zero success). I can't wait to try your recommendations! Thanks for sharing your know-how/journey.
Katie Wenta ii
Ive grown potatoes many times, but this video has inspired me to grow leeks. Your description of the soup made me salivate. I can almost taste it. Now if only my leeks would grow faster!
Yummmmmm!
Thanks so much.
You are welcome!
When did you 'harvest' the potatoes? Wasn't this about potatoes!
Your so good! More videos soon please❤️
+TheDeco6 Thank you! More videos to come!
Those purple potatoes looked absolutely amazing!
+MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living They are beautiful! Heirloom varieties are always fascinating.
I was first captivated by your videos because of their high quality, your style of cinematography, and your obvious love of gardening--but the addition of your personalized soundtracks leave me totally enchanted by them. I really appreciate the hard work you've put into this channel. Love it!
+davidsw92 Thanks my friend! It makes my day to hear this!
@@suburbanhomestead thanks for being a friend to gardeners. I super small scale farm and everything I grow tastes better than store bought but since I don't come from a family of farmers I learn everything on youtube. I also find your soundtracks groovy
You can put your seed potatoes in a closed box with an apple to get them to make sprouts faster.
That's a beautiful leek!
+ladyhawthorne1 Thanks! Considering how expensive leeks are in the grocery store and how easy they grow, and how much more tender homegrown is, there is no reason not to plant them. Thanks for the box tip. I'll try it in the future.
I've said it before there is something very special about a man who gardens and cooks. Siloe i just love your mind for the way you think.
+KurdishGirl4500 Thanks! that's a great compliment!
:) glad you like it
I agree ..
KurdishGirl4500 this made me feel all warm inside lol
and he's a painter, a songwriter and a carpenter
Your house looks like heaven, the music is beautiful and the stew just looks wonderful. Wish I had you for a neighbor!
I growth them for the fun of picking them; I have my grandchildren help me, and for them is like digging for gold. I personally have a lot of excitement discovering quantity and sizes of the potatoes as well as watching the grandchildren enjoy the day.
I love the fact that you add recipes. Keep it up.
you have the best sound tracks! I love how you bring gardening and cooking together. if your ever looking for a wife let me know lmfao. jk. but seriously awesome video quality too. absolutely wonderful
+Attic Anatomy I really appreciate that you love the soundtracks and the show in general. Comments like this makes me continue doing this! :-)
As an artist and avid gardener, your videos are always such a pleasure to watch. I even watch some of them multiple times! Thanks and keep them coming. :)
+Alice Raymond-Morse Awesome Thanks for watching and getting your moneys worth! LOL :-) Feedback likes this makes my day!
It's 1am and i'm watching a video about growing potatoes.
Arthur Smith Murray I woke up at 3 a.m. and now it's a bit before 7 a.m.? I'm nervous about things so I can't sleep.
I grow onion and garlic every year but this is my first year growing leeks. Hope they do well. Love potato leek soup.
+Gapeys Grub I think you will have a good harvest!
I just want to say that these videos are amazing! Such good quality on all fronts. I'm learning so much
Thanks! I appreciate it.
I love your videos and your voice. Thank you. I will use "go plant potatoes" from now on! Keep growing.
Really nice video and the soundtrack was a joy to listen to. "Mistakes" aside this was therapeutic to watch (for the intimate bond with Nature that can still be cultivated even in modern times) and gives me encouragement to continue to try to grow potatoes. My efforts to date have not been that productive. Best of harvest yields to you and thanks!
so i plant the potato next to a tree because the sun is not good, but i should not plant the potato next to a tree because there isnt alot of sun... so i go to the moon and plant them? -_-
I will definitely be adding leeks i'll let you know how my spuds do this year, i'm a 1st time grower so we'll just have to pray and see.
Enjoyed your video. After many years of planting potatoes, I have stopped. I am now relying on the volunteers that come up every year. I love harvesting those little treasures from the ground.
+Gardening With Puppies Voluteers are the best! It was cool watching kaye's episode where she visited you.
Thank you. We had a good time together.
Grow your spuds in a 5 gallon bucket lined with a shopping bag. You can remove the bag, take out a potato and then return it to the bucket so they can grow on .. p.s. love the background music. Did you happen to catch the winner of this year's Eurosong festival Brilliant!
I would bypass the plastic liner because of the possibility of chemicals leeching into the soil. I would suggest a food grade bucket..
Hello Suburban Homestead. This is my first visit to your channel and I have to say what a well presented video. Your pinned comment caught my eye. Surely growth inhibitor is a myth. If store bought potatoes had a growth inhibitor sprayed on them, surely the stores would have to tell us that and who would buy them who would eat them? I have chitted and grown lots of different varieties of store bought potato here in the UK and I have never had any that would not chit and grow on. Perhaps this is an American thing?
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR RECIPES FROM? MY MOUTH WAS WATERING WATCHING YOU COOK AND EAT THIS STEWUP. MY GOODNESS. MY WAY OF COOKIN. AND YOUR GARDEN... WOW! BEAUTIFUL! EVEN THE INSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE IS DECORATED SO BEAUTIFULLY. AND IT'S SO CLEAN. ESPECIALLY THE KITCHEN. I 😍 LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND RECIPES. THANKS!
Thanks! I appreciate the positive words. I love that you enjoy the videos. As for the recipes, most of them I invent on the spot either just from an idea or as a modification of a recipe I've seen or tried before. It's usually based on whatever I have at hand at the time.
Look at the colours in that stew!
I'm growing purple and blue potatoes for the first time this year, I'm going to try that recipe. Thanks!
Great. It should be really tasty!
Beautiful, love choice of music really brings the cooking to life
I'm not a big fan of onion-type vegetables, but something tells me that if one put in some sort of meat, that stew would be good for Winter.
What does that stew have to do with the title of the video? It's a wasting of time. If one would like to know something about making any stew, he or she can get it through TH-cam search with the right keyword.
Better to talk about every single mistake to avoid as you said and 'go deep down into it'. Go for the very much detail of it.
Then, if you think it's not satisfying enough, but you're running out of idea for other detail to explain, add some other mistakes no matter how much it is as a trivial one, then, as well, go to the detail.
But don't go out of it.
That's how knowledge is developed.. then later becomes science of any particular thing.
By doing so, you're helping people to dig information about things they're interested in.
great stew. we call potato "Aaloo", leek "Aalay", small pees"moong", and turmric" huldi" in urdu.
cool!
I love growing potatoes. In our year round growing climate I tend to plant them from March to August. Harvest from September to December. Harvesting them is like finding Easter eggs: purple, red, white, gold, russet...They are all there. I only plant potatoes from the market that I couldn't eat, when they sprout. My favorite dish lately is garden grown crispy purple potatoes tossed with green onions and asparagus. So pretty with the various purples from the potatoes and the bright green from the onion and asparagus. Just salt and olive oil. Delish.
I love your channel. I'm in NZ. My father used the old fashioned but tried and true method, whole potatoes, chitted, a specific hole for each potato a foot apart and then mounded up all in rows. Blood and bone maybe? Planted in clay soil, well hoed, and the most amazing crop every time. New delicious potatoes for Xmas day (Southern Hemisphere).
I tried a new method of no dig, organic, cut them into pieces, layered with compost and straw, and the result...hopeless!
Will try my dads way next year as an experiment. He so loved his garden, a daughters regret, I didn't ask more:).
hopefully you realized that you "DO" need to let the potato "scab over". I learned that the hard way! lol..they need full sun.. But I also learned in my experience with gardening, that you can also grow more plants by "propagating"! it WORKS!!!
I enjoy ur videos because u suggest a way to use the products u've just grown. I'm a 2nd season Gardner and I want to try new kinds of veggies to create different kinds of cuisines. I have a question... where can I find some of the ingredients ur using (the paste used at the end)?? I'm in Philadelphia and there r a lot of Indian, Chinese and African stores, but not many Spanish stores near me. Can the items b ordered online???
I would like to know what part of the world you live in. If you said, I missed that. It helps to know when gardening for me as I am in a subtropical area of the USA. Growing here is a little different than other states/countries.
I REALLY like your video and look forward to more! Thank you.
What a lovely song in the background. I live in Florida and just planted my summer crop of potatoes. I have a raised bed because of all the trees that surround my home. I plant mine shallow and as the stalk grows I mound dirt them. I used old planter with bottoms cut out. I just put them over each growing plant and fill as the plant grows. It works really well, and harvesting is very easy. Anyways, very enriching video and the song was beautiful. What language or ethnic background it is from?
Hi Siloe. Thank you for sharing yet another top notch video with us! A couple years ago I planted some potatoes that had sprouted in my larder. They did very well. They were not organic but they did well anyway. However, I have eaten potatoes that have sprouted all of my life. I have always heard that sprouted potatoes or potatoes that have started to turn green are poisonous but I'm still above ground and perpendicular ! Your potato / leek stew looks delicious. I am embarrassed to say that I have never thought of actually eating the dark green leaves because ( I suppose ) I have always been told that the dark green leaves are not edible. You are the first person I have ever known of who cooks and eats them. It certainly makes sense to eat them because , after all, why waste them? But I suppose composting them is not really wasting them. And lastly, I have noticed in your videos that you are vegan. So am I....except for when I am eating a steak, fowl, fish, or seafood...Your stew does look tasty and I ill be trying it soon.
This is my first attempt at growing potatoes. I thought it would be best to put them in a dark cool location in a brown paper bag. That didn't work. 1st failure. Putting them in seed starter worked well and they looked like a spider with many legs after about 2 weeks. I was able to pick up some starter at a store and I planted 4 different 5 gallon buckets with 4 in each. I am finally seeing some green growth. The Seed potatoes are doing better but I think the organic will be fine. I'm starting to see growth on them as well. I guess I'll know around the middle of August.
Your leek turned out beautifully. Potatoes are my favorite thing to grow. Don't give up try planting them again. Nothing better than digging your own. Best wishes. E :)
+TheEmptynester They are delicious when new. That makes them worth while for sure.
I am a recent subscriber and lover of your videos ... kudos! re: potatoes (it is not a good idea to plant potatoes next to your tomatoes (homeguides.sfgate.com/can-tomatoes-potatoes-planted-together-63751.html) I have a small garden, tho, so far away is only about 10-20 feet ... I love fresh potatoes! It's like eating tomatoes fresh from the garden ... its hard to not want to eat only potatoes fresh (well maybe after cooking, altho I loved raw potatoes as a child)! Would love to see a video on how you build your plant cages.
My bigger problem is how to get potatoes i bought localy to germinate/make shoots. The potatoes is shipped from main Island of philippines were they are grown apparantly in cooler areas. Im from south africa and dont buy the too hot climate theory. Acid soil can be altered. I do agree with too high rainfall. We have basicly 6mnths wet and dry season.
you should plant potatoes in june anyway. that will help avoid tater bugs. Also the seed taters supply a lot of the energy to the plant. so dont cut them up before planting.
I lay the potatoes on the ground, surround with shredded comfrey and cover with loose hay. As they grown I build up the hay so just the top of the plants show. To harvest. Push the hay away and pick out the biggest potatoes and leave the rest to grow on. I grow in the shade of giant chestnut trees. No problem.
"Vai plantar batata!" Is said when someone is anoyng you and you want then to go away. You can say that or say "Vai ver se está a chover!" Go see if it is raining! Sorry for my bad english, Im portuguese.
Maybe able to get better yields if You use tree leaves or slop bucket like coffee grounds and tea bags to Amend the soil plus stop weeds from growing next planting season ! Not weeding your garden will choke out your crop ! Look real sloppy Garden !
Your videos are as nourishing and comforting as your recipes…I enjoy EVERY ONE OF THEM!
I'm brazilian the phrase "vai plantar batata" you usually say to someone annoying that is bothering you, like if you're trying to tell them to do something useful haha.
What was the music? Sounds so ancient medieval Irish/English. Love ur style. Just very soothing and natural.
How do you think quinoa would work as alternative to Indian peas or "fast cooking lentils"? Do you harvest your amaranth?
Never ever plant potatoes next to tomatoes. They are family, and if one gets sick well you know what's going to happen.
why did you murder that leak, I CANT aSK YOU ANYTHANG ELSE BECAUSE I got to take a leak.
I don't have leeks in my garden but I do have some large spring onions I just harvested and a dozen potatoes that will become tonights super thanks to this fabulose receipe.
I feel like more people would buy into poly culture if they didn't feel like they had to be a starving vegan
Chiffonading those leeks is a chef-y move , Siloe! Caught you! lol I love leeks soup-recipe I got for weight loss from the book "French Women Don't Get Fat". I never thought about growing my own, but now I intend to at your recommendation, so thank you! Also when I clean leaks I soak them in a sink about 1/2 full of water, less H2O wasted washing singly for me, and I can do another chore while they soak. I'll be using this recipe for sure. I'm always looking for ways to utilize my overabundance of Thyme every summer. Thank you for what looks like another fantastic recipe!
+hope crews Yes you caught me! :-) Soaking them would save water. Thanks for the tip. Try growing the leeks, all you need is sun and paintience. Its worth it.
That looks delicious!!! Thank you!
Is possible to grow a single potato from foot wide square hole in stone floor? Asking for friend in jail.
When i planted potato after 2 week when i got nothing i dig it again and i saw that all got rotten and had fungus.??dont get any idea how to plant😔
when planting under a tree you need to put a liner down otherwise the tree will steal everything. think plant up not plant down.
An enjoyable video to watch. I just planted some potatoes for the first time ☺
Your video was instructive and artistic. I hope one day I can teach like this
if you try them again, i got some experience i want to share. No need to cut em' up, in fact, by keeping the tubers whole you add more energy to the developing vines and dont risk exposing the insides to disease or rot. I grow in buckets because my soil is not near as nice as yours. Thanks as always, Failure is just another opportunity to learn. FAIL = First Attempt In Learning. Love the suspenders btw, im gonna have to wear some in my next vid just for you !
+Permaculture Homestead Hold up those fancy beer pants.
lol YES !! suspenders with beer pants i like the visual. just for you
We chucked whole taters in the soil without the cut and chit step. Growth ensued. Harvest results forthcoming.
Lolita's Garden well get on the garden porn vids bruh ! we been missing your content
+Permaculture Homestead Thanks for the good tips. I'll try them again in the future. Suspenders are super comfortable man, especially when working outside.
I'm pretty sure I'm about to experience a failure with my potatoes.
I don't like potatoes. Nobody I know likes potatoes. I'm not American.
Don’t you chit cut up potatoes to dry out the cut part so not to rot? If you want to sprout they need to be in the dark
Hello from England. Got my first 6 potato breeds planted in 30L tubs a few weeks ago, defying the frosts, and their green leaves are now poking through the compost:) Very exciting. I have an allotment. A piece of land the Parish Council set aside to rent to members of the local community to use to grow vegetables and flowers, keep chickens and bees and generally enjoy the health of nature and the outdoors. It is nice to be part of an historic community asset. Just bought heritage seeds and those will go in next weekend. Thank you for your videos. I live in a great ground floor appartment but unfortunately with not much light, so youtube videos of homes and land etc are my substitute:) So much contradictory advice everywhere, I have got to the stage of sowing seeds ANYWAY on instinct, and seeing if they respond to nature and grow to crop. I enjoy experiments :) I am going to decorate the tubs artistically to create and interesting (!) space. Leeks (next video) gently fried in butter......yum. I shall try your recipes, thank you, you have a lovely enviroment there.....
+Darling Stuff Thanks! I glad the videos can be of inspiration. The concept of allotment is awesome. Everyone should have access to one if they so desired. I have seen a lot of people growing potatoes in containers and getting great harvest. I might have to try it in the future. Thanks for watching and writing!
Hey, Siloé, great video. I've been wondering in which region you are located... Just for geographic reference. The first video I watched I wondered if you were Brazilian, but now I'm quite sure >°< As a young Brazilian just stating to choose where I want my garden to be (can't even choose a continent) when I move out from my parents apartment, I am trying to reach out to everyone I can for information on climates around the world and growing seasons length and all that... If you can, please share some positive and negative points of your location, that would be an interesting video for me shauahauah. Thanks for the great content you make, so much better than watching tv round here...
I'm in Maryland. That is a great idea for a future video. Thanks!
I love the vibe in this video - very cozy! What's the music that starts around 6:30?
Edit: I just watched closer and saw that it's you! Absolutely incredible. For anyone else interested, the title is "Olha o Alho," and you can find it on Siloé's bandcamp page.
Great detective work, my friend! :-)
Update, great healthy leaves in all potato tubs......so far 6 tiny potatoes from one tub....hardly one portion cooked.....and nothing at all on emptying 6 x 30L tubs........no idea why. Just a wasted season...6 tubs to go, almost not worth expending the calories in tipping them up for nothing
Wow, that's unfortunate :-(
went from growing potatoes to look I have leak and now let's cook...
LOL we have that same saying in Spanish too “Vete a sembrar papas”
Nothing like watching one of your videos at the end of the day to relax, and feel refreshed and inspired! Your productions are something totally apart of the rest of the youtubers! Those purple potatoes look really weird, I wish I could have some in my country, were we only have 3 types :(
Potatoes have always been an elusive crop for me to harvest! I love leeks! That stew not only looks delicious, but also light, refreshing and super healthy! (I want some)
Thank you so much for your videos!
I'm happy to bring solace into your day. Potatoes have a harder time growing in warm climates. At least in brazil they tended to be more expensive than other tubers.
Very interesting and a healthy stew. I would love to try this at home. You use a lot of Indian ingredients like turmeric, cumin and moong dhal (pulse you used). We use it a lot. Also moong dhal and spinach of any kind tastes marvellous topped with a small quantity of ghee. My kids love it :)
I really appreciate indian cuisine. I usually have to use less spice and make things milder, but I love to experiment with the ingredients.
I don't have much room in my garden for potatoes either - so I've been growing them in ''towers' that I make with fencing, straw, and soil. Works really well. Last year I planted 4 lbs of potatoes and harvested 20 lbs. Towers do need more in the way of watering than in ground.
that is something I've wondered if it is worth the trouble. Thanks for giving me your account.
I started all my (shop bought) leeks by cooking and eating everything other than the last 2/3inches of the white part with the roots and putting them in a bit of water. They showed new growth from the center within a day or so and, being biennial, I not only have have full grown leeks to harvest but by letting the scapes develop I also have new leek "babies" to plant instead of having to start them from seed! Anybody else tried this?
+Ken Merrick That's very clever! Thanks for sharing.
In my country, the green part of leek leaf is thinly chopped and then sprinkled on a bread with butter. Well, I apply an inch thick layer of chopped leek on my bread.. Yum! (just don't do it before going on a date)
That sounds like a good idea
Don't plant seed potatoes that are green and never eat potatoes that are green !
These videos are soooooo much better than most BBC programmes. Muted colours so relaxing, watching you gardening and cooking is inspirational and reading the subtitles is engaging due to the lovely words you use to describe things. I love your co co nut measuring utensil.
I'm happy to know I was able to bring in some respite to your day.
The reason for letting the cut sides dry is to prevent disease. You may get away with planting them right after cutting but that is luck rather than fact. They also don't need to be in sun but in a breezy shade unless that is all you have.
Thanks for the tips. Hopefully I will do better next time. I hope you enjoyed the video.
Mann I want to try your purple potato 🥔 mail me one so I can plant it!!!!
I was skeptical about purple potatoes but you make them look delicious..I will be buying some purple seed potatoes and growing them this year as well..great job!
They taste just as good!
In 2014, my daughter and I planted one potato in our garden. We harvested 16 medium sized spuds in return We were amazed, and they tasted delicious!
They do taste amazing
Vlogging Growing Potatoes, Mistakes to Avoid,
I would have used Chicken broth or mild beef broth for richness.
Vegetable broth with shitake mushroom powder is not a bad idea either.
is that potato planting video or a good smell kitchen life hack?
I'll be making the Potato Leek stew when mine plants produce! I keep stopping the videos to write down your recipies!
Thanks. Leek is delicious! I have thought about putting the recipes written in a blog for those interested. Although most of the time it is less about the exact proportion of ingredients and more the process.
Nice music!
+Charito Thanks!
Hey mate great video,
I'm just wondering what song that starts playing at 6:30
Check out my purple majesty potatoes. I cut them and let them callus overnight. I also have some potatoes that I planted whole. Check out my video for more!
Thanks for the tip. I'll take a look
We never sprouted our potatoes on the farm, and we didn't let them scab over. Our crop was always huge and we had monster potatoes.
Great to know
and if u keep making mistakes with potato, just dont post that vid
Thanks so much for this video. I planted potatoes for the first time this year. I chitted them on the windowsill also. I put them in the ground a week ago. They seem to be taking off! I'm going to go watch your no-thin carrot and garlic videos now :). You're a "go-to" of mine!
+Noble Homestead I'm glad your finding the videos helpful. I hope your potatoes fair better than mine :-) Try the carrot method and see if it works for you. As for the garlic, if you want higher production make sure to plant them in the fall in a sunny well fertilized spot that is mulched.
My potatoes are taking off :) My carrot seeds have been soaking for two days. As soon as I see the tiny sprout, I will be bresking out the cornstarch. I'll keep you posted :)
What is Tahinie sauce, is it homemade? I enjoy your videos you grow what you eat, and then you show how to cook it, that is cool.
+dpower02 I'm glad you like the videos. I'm striving to grow more of my food, and while at this point it is only a small portion, my goal is to increase it in the future. Tahini sauce is ground up sesame seed. I bought mine from an international grocer but it's possible to make it at home, (maybe not as finely ground)
Very informative and entertaining